List of free trade agreements

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This is list of free trade agreements between three or more countries and/or trade blocs. Every customs union, trade common market and economic and monetary union has also a free trade area.

Contents 1 World Trade Organization agreements 2 Operating agreements 3 Proposed agreements 4 References 5 External links

[edit] World Trade Organization agreements

• Agreement on Agriculture
• Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
• General Agreement on Trade in Services

[edit] Operating agreements

• Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - 31 July 1975^[1] - renamed 2 November 2005^[2]
• ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
  • AANZFTA
  • ASEAN Plus Three
• African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ)
  • East African Community (EAC)
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  • Southern African Development Community (SADC)
    • Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)
• Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
• Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 5 August 2004^[3]
  • Central American Integration System (SICA)
• Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
  • Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  • West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
  • West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
• European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Agreement (CISFTA) - 15 April 1994^[4]
  • Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) - 29 March 1996^[5]
• Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - June 1957^[6]
  • Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) - 18 February 1960^[7]
  • Andean Community (CAN)
  • G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3)
  • Mercosur (Mercosul)
• Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (P4)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
• South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)

[edit] Proposed agreements

• Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
• Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)
• Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
• Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
• Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia (CEPEA)
• European Union Central American Association Agreement (EU-CAAA)
• European Union Economic Partnership Agreement with the Pacific ACP Countries (EU-PACP)
• Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)
• Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
• Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)
• GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)^[8]
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Middle East Free Trade Area (US-MEFTA)
• North American Union (NAU)
• People's Trade Treaty of Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)^[9]
• Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)
• Union of South American Nations (CSN)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• bilaterals.org - "Everything that's not happening at the WTO"
• [http://www.fightingftas.org/ fightingftas.org
• FTAs submitted to the WTO
• Americas FTAs
• Singapore official FTA site
• EFTA official site
• Australia official FTA site
• About.com's Pros & Cons of U.S. Free Trade Agreements
• Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio
• ptas.mcgill.ca